'Smart TVs' are connected to the Internet, and they are capable of collecting and transmitting our data. Samsung's Smart TV uses voice recognition technology to enable voice commands, but its privacy policy defined by the company says "if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be captured and transmitted to a third party."
In other words, Samsung's Voice Recognition feature is always listening you, unless you deactivate it. So these internet-enabled smart devices can be exploited to reveal a wealth of personal.
"In addition, Samsung may collect and your device may capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features." Samsung Smart TV privacy policy says.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for a Senate seat, is suing five major television companies, claiming they use their smart TVs to spy on Texans.
According to a press release from Paxton’s office, the five corporations being sued are Sony, Samsung, and LG, as well as China-based companies Hisense and TCL Technology Group Corporation.
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Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, both Democrats from New Jersey, have reintroduced the Federal Firearm Licensing Act, a bill designed to create a national licensing system for gun ownership in the United States.
The proposal would require individuals to obtain a federal license before purchasing or receiving a firearm, expanding the licensing standards already adopted in several states.
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Robert Mitchum had to step in and stop him from punching Duke.
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Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid the “increasing digitalisation” of Danish society.
Describing Denmark as “one of the most digitalised countries in the world”, the company said the demand for letters had “fallen drastically” while online shopping continued to increase, prompting the decision to instead focus on parcels.
Simple question - does this look like a hallmark of the end of civilized communication to you? It does to me. And besides, what happens to sending out Christ,as and Happy Birthday cards? Buncha friggin' Grinchs if ya ask me.
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guys that big do not get into fights most of the time. their sheer size scares most away. if you looking for real fighters, they smaller than those clowns. about medium height and weight guys or even smaller guys, they are the ones who grew up fighting. anyway, most kids in the last 40 years or so don't fight as we knew it, they pull a gun instead. or it either a sucker punch and then a stomp on by their "friends'. I never seen kids square off like we used to do back in the day. 50-60 years ago. back in Philly a lot of times it was 3 on 1 or worse odds. besides, there a very good chance "Dad" wasn't around for most of them you know?
ReplyDeleteLook at the amount of graffiti on those Danish mailboxes. I wonder if they had that issue before importing the 3rd world.
ReplyDeleteThe USPS is also a moneypit, but the problem is their MONOPOLY on first class mail delivery and of course that government is a failure at everything. The solution here, just like in Denmark, is to ABOLISH the monopoly and allow competing businesses to deliver first class mail as they desire and as customers choose. Typical government. Claim the monopoly, use violence to enforce it ( look into Lysander Spooner's American Mail Company), fail, then shaft everyone by stopping the service.
ReplyDeleteThere is the concept of a natural monopoly. You don't want 50 electric companies all using eminent domain to run power lines to every building. As much as I hate government sponsored monopolies, the post is a natural monopoly. Private industry would cut off delivery to rural America as being unprofitable.
DeletePart of USPS "problem" is that Congress required that their pension be fully funded. Most entities, including private companies, don't fully fund their pensions. Short term this is painful to USPS. Long term, it's great for their employees. Of course most pensions have gone the way of the dodo bird.
The picture and text here about the John Wayne movie El Dorado with Robert Mitchum shows a picture from the movie Rio Bravo with Dean Martin. Both movies have the same story though.
ReplyDeleteThat floating billboard is an eyesore. Can't we have anything without graffiti or signs or "art" on it anymore?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can't throw a punch cause they have so much ppe on. I say ban it.
ReplyDeleteOur grandfathers also killed nazis, chinamen and japs and the world was peaceful of awhile.
ReplyDeleteIs Joe bidens library going to have the illegal classified docs he stole in it?
ReplyDeleteIf they don't like the 2nd Amendment, they should repeal it. Rights don't require licenses.
ReplyDeleteTeri Garr in her prime!!! IMHO one of the sexiest women in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteShe probably wouldn't get much attention from the younger crowd these days with her natural mammaries
and a normal sized derrière.